Daily Archives: 06/05/2012

WhyPass US National Trail Work Day

Posted on 06/05/2012 by eddy

Kona’s Jimmy James reports: Well for starters June 2nd was National Trail Day. I knew the folks at Kona USA had the local trails up near Bellingham covered so I headed South to Eugene, OR to meet up w/Justin (co-owner of Kona dealer Life Cycle Bike Shop), the local IMBA affiliated club Disciples of Dirt and IMBA’s trail crew. The Life Cycles crew have been telling me about these mystical mountain bike trails for awhile so what better day to lend a hand and see these trails first hand. For those who don’t know WhyPass is a success story for local trail access. Located about 30miles South of Eugene located near the town of of Lorane, OR. If its classic Pacific NW coastal lush forest you seek then this is place should be on your to ride list. (IMBA trail crew showing all proper tool handling).

To check out the WhyPass trails vid by Disciples of Dirt and Flux Magazine here.

For for info on Disciples of Dirt and their efforts at WhyPass go here

The Desciples of Dirt are very serious about making the best trails possible. How many mountain bike clubs have their own mini gravel hauling tank. Oh, and if you happen to be in Eugene be sure to head over to Life Cycle Bike Shop.

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Trans-Sylvania Epic: Barry Wicks Finishes 3rd Overall

Posted on 06/05/2012 by eddy

Expectations that the final day of competition in the week-long 2012 NoTubes Trans-Sylvania Epic presented by Dirt Rag would be uneventful proved to be fanciful dreams of those at the top of the leader boards. The Men’s Open category saw aggressive racing from the gun while several in the Women’s field saw opportunities to attack the pace eased between the two front runners.

Promoter Mike Kuhn offered, “This is the sort of racing everyone loves. Unpredictable. Exciting. Fast. We’ve purposefully created a week of seven different looking and riding stages. Of course the racers always dictate the outcome, but the mix allows different racers to shine on different days. Throw in the undulating terrain and technical nature of Pennsylvania’s singletrack with its challenging rocks, roots and logs and the outcome of a stage is never predictable. That was certainly the case today.” Read More→

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